Welcome to Aldebaran 2.1.0, Aldebaran for Smax

Info can be found in the Alpha Centauri Creation Forums at Apoyton.net
I can be found there as well. PM me as 'smacksim'

I need a new job, so hire me away from making silly batch files!

-Smack
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Installing Aldebaran: 

A. Aldebaran with ModMan == One-click install and modswapping!

1. Double-click on the Installer.
2. To Run Aldebaran double click on the shortcut provided. Files will be managaed by ModMan
3. To Run regular Smax: Proceed as usual.


B. Files-Only Version of install == 'By Hand'

If you are doing this from the files-only download: This download has only the files you need. Place the files into your Smax directory. This WILL replace original files, so either have a second install of Smax or backup your original textfiles. The graphics do not disturb Smax-vanilla. They can be left in the main folder even if you uninstall the .txt files. Enjoy-Smack



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Notes on 2.1.0: This is a major release, combining the text cleanups done by Lord Nword and myself with some major re-balancing of the Social Engineering table and several factions. We can expect several iterations in the 2.1 cycle to complete the following:

Completed Graphics
Rebalancing from playtesting
Further menu improvements

Notes on 2.0.9:

Faction SE goals improved for AI performance
Graphics improved (almost done!)
More minor help text improvements
Tree Farms yet even earlier

Notes on 2.0.6:

Minor tweaking to Peaceniks and Peacekeeper factions
Subtle changes in Social Engineering to even things out a bit
Tree Farms are a bit earlier now to avoid mid-game 'what to build now?' situation
help texts are on the way to being finished.
some other changes....

Notes on 2.0.5:

Super-AI factions now declare themselves more obviously with suffix SAI in the menus
Fit in 3 Aldebaran regular factions for players to play (the rest you have to add to #CustomFactions yourself if you want to play the human version)
The Player Factions currently available: Outlaws, Planetlovers, Peacemakers

Better Worldbuilder
Cleaner Graphics
Facilities: Pressure Dome, Probe Facility: Pushed back in tech tree
Ascent to Transc: Reduced from 2000 minerals to 600
A few more changes.

Fileswatter 1.0 **Note** Fileswatter has been replaced with ModMan, which includes it's own documentation.

Please join the beta-testing team at apolyton.net. We can be found in the creation forums of Alpha Centauri.

-Smack
